Little Falls arson suspect faces additional charges

A Little Falls man accused of intentionally setting several fires throughout the city last year has had more charges lodged against him, city police said Friday.

Rob Booth

A Little Falls man accused of intentionally setting several fires throughout the city last year has had more charges lodged against him, city police said Friday.

Daniel Simonds, 24, formerly of East John Street, already faced six arson charges — three felonies and three misdemeanors — in connection with six fires that occurred between October and December 2009.

Police Friday said that earlier this week Simonds was charged with third-degree burglary, second-and third-degree criminal mischief, fourth-degree grand larceny and fourth-degree arson, all felonies, in connection with the fires.

Here is a list of blazes that Simonds is accused of starting:

* An Oct. 21 blaze at the R.K. Casadonte building at 334 Second St.

* An Oct. 26 fire at an unoccupied apartment building at 585 John St.

* A Nov. 13 blaze in a storage trailer owned by Ideal Woods.

* A Nov. 13 fire involving a fence and shrubbery along state Route 5.

* A Dec. 21 garbage fire in front of Valley Home Furnishings in Shoppers Square.

* A Dec. 23 fire in a dumpster at the First Baptist Church on Albany Street.

He also was arraigned Friday in connection with a Dec. 21, 2009, residential burglary, police said.

He was charged with felony second-degree burglary, third-degree grand larceny and misdemeanor fourth-degree criminal mischief, police said. The charges stem from an indictment.

Simonds remains in the Herkimer County jail since his original arrest late last year.

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